ERODING THOUGHTFUL START

Alan Farago's Sunday op-ed piece about endocrine disrupters started as a call to immediate and thoughtful action to protect humanity.

It ended as a diatribe against the Christian Coalition, the religious right, Pat Robertson, George Bush and Christians who are "rejecting science and inquiry, failing to fund necessary research, and falling back on obedience to blind belief, as though a cheese sandwich bearing the image of the Virgin Mary can provide all of the nourishment we need for healthy, spiritual and productive lives."

Farago could have started a healthy and necessary debate on the harmful consequences of our use of endocrine disrupters and what we should do about them. Instead he chose to insult and demean a large portion of his audience.

Farago's column is another reason why political debate in our country is uncivil and opposite sides do not work together.